Service Opportunities

There are a variety of task orientated opportunities at St. James that require just a few gatherings or a short term commitment. Take a look at these opportunities and contact the office if you can service in these ways

Synod Assembly Voting Member

One male and one female are needed. This year the Assembly is Thursday through Saturday, June 7th through the 9th in Lindborg, KS, at beautiful Bethany Lutheran College. All lodging (in Salina, not at the dorms) and meals are covered by the congregation.

Food Pantry

The St. James Food Pantry needs a person to help with the computer-side of the pantry’s meat inventory system. Basic knowledge and experience with Excel is helpful.

Congregation Council

Six people are needed to be elected by the congregation in May. A person may serve on Congregation Council for a period of two years with the ability to serve two consecutive terms for a total of four years. The Congregation Council orders itself so people are elected to Council and then the Council appoints from its membership a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.

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RevMerle: Musings and Mutterings on what I see God up to in this world.: RevMerle

“And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.” We are great lovers of darkness, of this there can be no doubt. Flip through the channels on the television and take note of the number of procedural crime shows […]

It was “business as usual” at the Temple during Passover. Pilgrims were making their way from the far flung corners of the world back to Jerusalem to celebrate the events of the Exodus, the escape from the bondage of slavery in Egypt to the freedom of the Promised land. Business as usual. There were all […]

It is hard for us to hear the words of Jesus with the same impact that Peter and the disciples heard them. “Take up your cross and follow me.” Jesus says. When we hear these words, “Take up your cross” our minds are already heavily influenced by the cross as a religious symbol. I preach […]

O.K, it looks like Lutherans have the last verse down pat. We’re really good at not saying anything to anyone about Jesus! We hear the usual passage from Matthew’s Gospel used for this night about not making a show of one’s religion, giving our gifts in secret, not making a spectacle of prayer and we […]

There is a reason why preachers dread Transfiguration Sunday. This is just plain a weird story. We’re not really sure what to do with a “glow in the dark” Jesus. We’re not sure what to make of the disciples who witness it, whether they are buffoons, or stammering for what to say, or what. There […]

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